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| Name: |
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Jonathan E. Kenny |
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Professor of Chemistry
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| Departmental Affiliation: |
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Chemistry Department
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| Degrees: |
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1979, Ph.D. University of Chicago; 1977, Sc.M. University of Chicago; 1975, B.S. University of Notre Dame; 1979, Postdoctoral Wesleyan University |
| Expertise: |
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Environmental, Analytical, & Physical Chemistry – In situ spectroscopic measurements for process control or for detection of environmental contaminants using lasers and fiber optics for multidimensional fluorescence and Raman measurements; global warming potential of CFC substitutes; laser spectroscopy and excited-state dynamics in supersonic molecular beams; chemical education: the development of innovative instructional materials incorporating ideas of cosmic evolution into general, physical and environmental chemistry courses for science and nonscience majors, as appropriate.
Photophysics of Aromatic Molecules;
Infared and Ramanspectra of CFC substitutes;
In Situ Monitoring of Soil and Groundwater for Hazardous site Characterization;
Other analytical applications of laser spectroscopy;
Environmental Literacy;
Incorporation of environmental themes into undergraduate general and physical chemistry courses;
Interdisciplinary studies of humans' role in nature.
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| Major Awards: |
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Research Grants from EPA, NSF, DOD and other Government Agencies and Foundations, Appointment to Editorial Advisory Board of Advances in Environmental Research |
| E-mail: |
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jonathan.kenny@tufts.edu
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| Other websites: |
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http://chem.tufts.edu/faculty/kenny/index.html
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| Scholarship & Research: |
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Clow, K.E., Hall, G.J., Chen, H., Kenny, J.E., “Spectral fingerprinting and classification by location of origin of natural waters by multidimensional fluorescence”, Proc. SPIE, 2004, 5586, 107-115.
S. J. Hart, G. J. Hall and J. E. Kenny,“A laser induced fluorescence dual fiber optic array detector applied to rapid HPLC separation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons,”, Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 2002, 372, 205-215.
J. W. Pepper, A. O. Wright, and J. E. Kenny, “In Situ Measurements of Subsurface Contaminants with a Multi-channel Laser-Induced Fluorescence System,” Spectrochimica Acta, 2002, A58, , 317.
Pepper, Jane W., Chen, Y.M., Wright, Andrew O., and Kenny, Jonathan E., “Speciation of Aromatic Compounds with Excitation-Emission Matrix Measurements,” Proceedings of SPIE, 1999, 3856, 252-260.
Pagano, Todd E. and Kenny, Jonathan E., “Assessment of Inner Filter Effects in Fluorescence Spectroscopy using the Dual- Pathlength Method– a Study of Jet Fuel JP-4”, Proceedings of SPIE, 1999, 3856, 289-297.
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